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Chinese Religious Leaders Support Banning of Falun Gong

The Chinese religious delegation in Geneva, Switzerland said on Thursday that Chinese citizens enjoy full religious freedom and the banning of Falun Gong is completely right because the cult encourages its practitioners to take their own lives and kill others.


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The Chinese religious delegation in Geneva, Switzerland said on Thursday that Chinese citizens enjoy full religious freedom and the banning of Falun Gong is completely right because the cult encourages its practitioners to take their own lives and kill others.

At a press conference at the International Press Center in Geneva, Master Jing Hui, head of the delegation and vice chairman of the Buddhist Association of China, said Falun Gong in no way contributes to the overall benefit of the society.

Rather, it encourages practitioners to kill.

Master Jing Hui also said that so far more than 1,000 practitioners have died but none of them were killed by the Chinese government.

The dead either took their own lives or murdered relatives.

"This has clearly shown that Falun Gong doesn't cherish human life as required by other religions," said Master Jing Hui.

Falun Gong---a form of spiritual control

Delegation member Pastor Zhao Yu said that what Falun Gong does is actually a form of spiritual control.

Christians favor humanity and contributions to society, but Falun Gong does the opposite.

"The leader of Falun Gong ran away to the United States. He is afraid of death but calls on his followers to kill themselves and hurt their family members. It just runs in the opposite direction of any religious spirit. Therefore, religious believers are against Falun Gong," Pastor Zhao Yu said.

The Chinese religious delegation also held a photo exhibition in Geneva and met with local religious leaders.

The delegation will wind up its six-day visit to Switzerland and return to China on Friday.



Former Falun Gong Practitioners on Falun Gong
  • "The Falun Gong cult misled me into killing my beloved uncle".


    • "I suspected that my uncle was plotting to murder me and could not control myself when thinking about a Falun Gong cult lecture which summons followers to endure until there is no need to."

    -- A Falun Gong Cult Devotee's Contrition


  • "I hope my experience will help transform those obsessed Falun Gong followers".


    • "I completely refused contact with the outside world and only believed in the cult and the propaganda that flooded the cult website".

    "I have not been abused since my detention and have not seen any sign of beating or admonishment here. Police in the centre are very polite and kind".

    "I am happy now, justice will finally defeat evil."

    --Former Falun Gong Follower Leads New Life



  • "I have never thought that Falun Gong could be so shockingly cruel."


    • "It reminds me of my own bitter experience."

    "I hope that the exhibition can make any person of benevolence keep a cool head."

    "I thought I was fighting for justice then, but when I was sent to the camp myself, I came to know that I had been wrong and fooled."

    --Former Falun Gong Addicts Visit Anti-Cult Exhibition



    Photo Feature: Falun Gong Cult Outlawed 



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